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🪎“The Grift Machine” Edition

May 22, 2026
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There was a time when corruption wore a disguise. Now it has branding, a budget, and a press release.

The Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” which is supposedly about fairness, but somehow manages to look exactly like a taxpayer-funded slush fund. The rules are unclear, the payouts are secret, and even allies are nervously ask…

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